Type-holder



- No. 748,715. v`

` APATENTBD JAN. 5,1904.- H. s. EOLGER;

TYPBHULDBR.

APPLICATION FILED NOVL 3, 1902*.

N0 MODEL.

Patented January 5, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY s. FOLGER, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

TYPE-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 748,715, dated January5, 1904. Application led November 3, 1902. Serial No. 129.876. (Nomodel.)

To all whom t may cow/cern.- 1 Y Be it known that I, HARRYS. FoLGnR, acitizen ofthe United States otAmerica, and a residentof Chicago, countyof Cook, and State of Illinois, have' invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Type-Holders, of which the following is a specioation.

My invention relates to type-holders,- `and has for its object theconstruction of an oblong holder so arranged that type may be held inlines running either longitudinally or transversely and also so arrangedthat the line-dividing plates of such holder will be held fromdisplacement and Vyet be adjustable, so as to accommodate type ofdifferent sizes. There are added screws'by which the type are clampedand held. When so made,the holder becomes what I term a reversibleholder. For example, if the holder be of a size suitable for printing ona postal card it may be lled with a large num ber of short lines or aless number of longerlines, and in each case the type will be securelyheld in place by a moderate pressure. l

Another object of my invention is to provide such a holder with a springclamping device on its back, by which it may be held in a press adaptedfor the pil rpose, and also to provide it with a removable handle bymeans of .which it may be used as a hand-stamp instead of a press-stamp.This interchangeable character of holders of this kind is desirable,because they' are usually of a size which may be used by hand, but arebest adaptedfor use on a press. The question as to whether the holder beused as a pressstamp orasahaud-stamp will often turn upon the manner inwhich the type are distributed in the type-holding` portion, and thislast will sometimes depend upon whetherthe lines run transversely orlongitudinally.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a face view of the holder, thelines of type running transversely. Fig. 2 is asimilar view with thelines-running longitudinally. Fig. 3 is a section of Fig. l, the typeand the linedividing plates being omitted. Fig. 4 is an end elevation ofFig. 2. Fig. 5 shows the rear face of the holder, and Fig. 6 is aperspective view of the box portion detached.

In the said drawings, A is arectangular frame or box provided withbolt-holes A in its sides and ends adjacentl to the corners and Withscrew-holes A2 in one side and in one end. Through corresponding holes Ain opposite ends or in opposite sides are run the bolts B, which aresecured iu place by the nuts B. Ou these bolts are strung the plates C,which areheld and guided in the box by said bolts, but which are free toslide length- Wise thereon. These plates are comparatively thin and havea width about equal to the depth of the-box. Between these vplates areinserted the type `T, and the clampingscrews S in the holes A2 servetopress the type and line-dividing plates firmly together, so as to holdthe type securely in position. When the bolts B run longitudinallythrough the box A, the lines of type and the line-dividing plates C runtransversely, as shown in Fig. l. In this case the Vbolts are long andthe plates are short. When the bolts run transversely, the lines and theplates run longitudinally, in which case the bolts are short and theplates are long, as shown in Fig. 2. Both long and short bolts andplates are furnished with a box, and when -it is desirable to change thearrangement shown in Fig. l to that shown in Fig. 2 all that isnecessary is to remove the nuts B' on one end of the bolts B andWithdraw them. This leaves the plates C free to be removed. TheV longplates and short bolts are then substituted, and the screws S areremoved from the end to one side, When the arrangement is as shown inFig. 2. For the purpose of permitting the use of small type more platesC are strung on the bolts B than are ordinarily necessary. These extraplates are simply hunched together at the end or side of the box, asshown in thedrawings. As thus made the plates C provide type-holdingchannels, the bolts B and the screws S provide means by which thesechannels are individually adjustable in width, and the box-like form ofthe holder and the holes A arranged so as to register in its oppositeends and its opposite sides provide means by which the lengths of thesetype-holding channels may be changed-by reversing their direction in theholder.

The frame or box A may be made in any desired mannerl out of material ofany de sired thickness. Preferably it is made of thin sheet metal. Inthe drawings it is shown as if pressed or molded with the sides and endsunited at the corners. It may be and generally is, however, made fromsheets which have their ends and sides bent upward without being unitedat the corners. It is quite practicable to do this, as the sides or endshaving the -clamping-screws S are supported by the bolts B, and thesides or ends not so supported are not subjected to anystrain whatever.

On the back of the frame or box A are secured the spring-strips D, oneend of each of made removable, because the holder cannot be attached toa press while the said handle is in place; but the strips D are notnecessarily removable, because they do not interfere with the use of aholder as a hand-stamp.

What I claim is- 1. In a type-holder, a frame in the form of an oblongbox having holes in` its opposite ends and sides near its cornerswhereby bolts may pass through said framein either of two directions,bolts extending through said frame in one of these directions, andline-dividing plates supported by and adjustable on said bolts.

2. A reversible type-holder consisting of a box-shaped frame,line-dividing plates therefor, bolts upon which said line dividingplates are held and guided, screws for clamping type and said platestogether in a direction parallel to the axes of said bolts, and meanswhereby said bolts may be made to pass through said frame ineither oftwo directions whereby lines of type are held either longitudinally ortransversely in said holder.

v 3. In a type-holder, an oblong box formed of sheet metal and providedwith registering holes in its ends and sides, parallel rods supported inone set of registering holes and shiftable tothe other set, andline-dividing plates supported by and guided on said rods.

Signed at Chicago, Illinois, this th day of October, 1902.

HARRY s. FOLGER.

